After their narrow escape from Los Angeles with a 16-10 win over the Rams, the Seattle Seahawks are in the driver's seat in the NFC West.

Both of those teams sit atop the division with 3-2 records, but according to ESPN's NFL Football Power Index -- a predictive system that is explained in detail here -- the Seahawks are the overwhelming favorites to win the NFC West. FPI gives that an 83.9 percent chance of happening, up from 69 percent last week.

That should give the Seahawks a good chance to be 5-2 when they host the 2-2 Washington Redskins (13th in FPI) in Week 9.

The 10 opponents remaining on the Seahawks' schedule -- they still play Arizona twice -- have a combined record of 21-27. Three of them have a top-10 FPI rating. The Atlanta Falcons (Week 11) are fifth, the Philadelphia Eagles (Week 13) are sixth and the Dallas Cowboys (Week 16) are 10th.